Trump roasted by late-night hosts after he stops mid-speech to search for water

BULLIT MARQUEZ/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump’s desperate search for a bottle of water during a speech from the White House on Wednesday — a bottle that ended up being right in front of him — was way too rich of an opportunity for ridicule.

Naturally, late-night TV hosts jumped on the opportunity to mock the moment as Trump bent over to look below the podium, until someone in the room pointed out that the water was in its usual spot — off to the side and in front of him.

“He’s talking about bringing jobs back to America, but he’s drinking a bottle of water from Fiji,” “Live” host Jimmy Kimmel said. “He’s not even drinking American water during the speech about American [jobs]. I think that does a very good job of summing the man up right there.”

“I wish when he was still looking for water, and he was, like, really dry, I wish at that moment, people from Puerto Rico would have come out and started throwing water bottles at his face,” “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah joked.

Meanwhile, Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show,” called the gulp “hard to watch.”

Colbert also pointed out that Trump mocked Sen. Marco Rubio back in 2013 when he made an awkward pause during his Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to drink from a bottle of water.

“Next time Marco Rubio should drink his water from a glass as opposed to a bottle — would have much less negative impact,” Trump tweeted in 2013.

Copyright © 2017, ABC Radio. All rights reserved.

Share on facebook
Facebook
Share on twitter
Twitter
Share on linkedin
LinkedIn
Share on email
Email
Share on print
Print